<VV> re:48 mpg VW diesel...no Corvair

[Ron]

I can only imagine how you get a Corvair down to 12 to 14 mpg.  The tire and 
clutch life must be nil.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Kost" <vairmike at sbcglobal.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> re:48 mpg VW diesel...no Corvair


> I've been real happy with my Duramax over the last 2 years and the price 
> of diesel has finally been lower than gas for the last couple of months. 
> One thing I noticed is that the new (1/1/07) ultra low sulfur fuel doesn't 
> give as good mileage as the previous fuel. With todays gas I'm not sure my 
> Monza 140/4 gets much better mileage than my 2500HD Silverado either 
> around town or on the highway and the premium costs 20-40 cents more per 
> gallon than diesel. I normally get 17-18 on the highway and 14-16 around 
> town with the diesel and my son gets 12-14 around town with my Corvair.
>
> Mike Kost
>
> ChiefTAM at aol.com wrote:
>> There wasn't a great deal of interest in the VW, but the main reason that 
>> VW quit bringing them to the US a bit ago was the new 2007 diesel 
>> pollution  standards.  Everyone, including MB had to reformulate them for 
>> the new  standards and low sulpher fuel.  It will be great to get them 
>> back in the  US market, with the high fuel prices, maybe all the 
>> manufacturers and the  American public will catch on.  Of course, with 
>> more diesel vehicles, that  will cause the oil companies to raise the 
>> price of diesel even more.  That  I don't understand, since diesel costs 
>> less to refine than gasoline.  I  owned two VW diesels in the past, and 
>> now diesel trucks.  I would by  another one in a heartbeat, especially if 
>> they bring in the  supercharged/turbocharged models.  A friend just 
>> bought a new bluetec MB  320 diesel, what a fantastic car and engine, and 
>> the VW Toureg with the V10  turbo diesel would be a great SUV.  Corvair 
>> content, at least my Monza gets better mileage than the Powerstroke 
>> F250!
>>  Todd in Texas (Where pickups are King and meant to be  diesel!)
>>
>
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